When did India test its first atomic bomb?

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The correct answer is 1974.

Key Points

India test its first successful atomic bomb in 1974.
The code name of the operation was Smiling Buddha.
The Indian Army, under the supervision of several important Indian generals, detonated the bomb on the army facility Pokhran Test Range (PTR) in Rajasthan.
It was India's first successful nuclear bomb test.
It was also the first confirmed nuclear weapons test by a country not among the UN Security Council's five permanent members.
The experiment took place at the army base Pokhran Test Range (PTR) in Rajasthan.
It took place in May 1974, against the backdrop of the 1971 Indo-Pak war.
Raja Ramanna was the scientist who was involved in Pokharan's first nuclear explosion.
This test was described by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) as a "peaceful nuclear explosion."